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A micrometre is one millionth of a metre. Smaller units than a micrometre are:

  • a nanometre (1000 nanometres in one micrometre)
  • a picometre (1000 picometres in one nanometre)
  • a femtometre (1000 femtometres in one picometre)
  • an attometre (1000 attometres in one femtometre)
  • a zeptometre (1000 zeptometres in one attometre)
  • a yoctometre (1000 yoctometres in one zeptometre)
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Which is shorter than a meter?

A micrometre is shorter.


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A thousandth of a micrometre is a nanometre. A thousandth of that is a picometre. A thousandth of that is a femtometre. A thousandth of that is a attometre. A thousandth of that is a zeptometre. A thousandth of that is a yoctometre. There is also 1/10 nanometre, which is known as the Angstrom unit. An alternative answer to the question is, half a micrometre, a thrid of a micrometre, a quarter of a micrometre etc.


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